Presentation drawing of block A (Trellick Tower) for the Cheltenham Estate, Edenham Street, North Kensington, London: section (phase I)
| RIBApix ref no |
RIBA21525 |
| Architect/Designer | Goldfinger, Erno (1902-1987)
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| Country | UK: England |
| City | London |
| Subject Date | 1972 |
| Image Date | 1962 |
| View | Interior |
| Style | Brutalist |
| Medium | Drawing |
| Library Reference | PA1561/5(1) |
| Orientation | Portrait |
| Colour / B&W |
Black and white |
| Credit |
RIBA Collections
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| Notes |
NOTES:
Edenham Street Housing (officially called the Cheltenham Estate by the Greater London Council) comprises Trellick Tower or block A (31 storeys), block B (7 storeys), a nursery school (abbreviated to NSE on the drawings), block C (flats), block D (terrace housing), block E (6 storeys) and an old people's home (abbreviated to OPH). The estate was built in two phases which began with blocks A and B in 1968. The second phase began in 1972.
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Subject tags
skyscrapers, flats, housing, At Home in Britain: Flats, Social Housing: 1960s